VILELA HEADLINES OCAA MEN'S SOCCER AWARDS

MARKHAM, Ont. - George Brown College's Filipe Vilela (Toronto) is the 2018 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Men's Soccer Player of the Year. He received the award in a ceremony held in Markham, Ont., on Wednesday evening.

The OCAA Scoring Champion scored 14 goals in nine games, including five multi-goal contests. George Brown was undefeated with Vilela in the line-up. The second-year midfielder is also an OCAA All-Star and a Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) All-Canadian.

Niagara's Jordi Amores (St. Catharines) is also a CCAA All-Canadian. The fifth-year midfielder continued his strong presence on a Knights squad that reached seven wins during the regular season, a new team record. Amores is also an OCAA All-Star.

Durham's Dave Ashfield is the OCAA's nominee for CCAA Coach of the Year. The East Division Coach of the Year, Ashfield led Durham to a 6-0-4 this season following its OCAA championship a year ago. The Lords allowed just eight goals against all season. Other candidates for the award were Central Division Coach of the Year Andrew Seuradge of Sheridan and West Division Coach of the Year Gad Espinosa of Redeemer.

The Overall Rookie of the Year is Ben Vyfschaft (London) of Fanshawe. Vyfschaft was also the West Division Scoring Champion scoring a dozen goals over eight games. Other candidates for the award were East Division Rookie of the Year Nigel Buckley (Pickering) of Durham and Central Division Rookie of the Year Cyrus Rollocks (Brampton) of Sheridan. Both were also named OCAA All-Stars.

The top defenders of 2018 include East Division Defensive Player of the Year Ostap Hamarmyk (Ukraine) of Centennial; Central Division Defensive Player of the Year Riley Ferrazzo (Richmond Hill) of Humber; and West Division Defensive Player of the Year Bradley Heath (Markham) of Fanshawe. Hamarmyk and Heath were also named OCAA All-Stars, as well as East Division Scoring Champion Jeremy Bangala (Pickering) of Durham who scored 13 goals.

The top defensive teams were also recognized, including Algonquin in the East Division, Sheridan in the Central Division and Fanshawe in the West Division. Two of the three were also regular season champions, the lone acceptation being Humber winning the Central Division.

Several OCAA All-Stars were also recognized. In addition to Bangala and Hamarmyk, OCAA East Division All-Stars include Algonquin's Ebrahim Al-Ariky (Kuwait), Lucas Blain (France), Colin Gibson (Ottawa), Justin Gibson (Ottawa) and Marco Natoli (Ottawa); Centennial's Adrian Bojaca-Tolentino (Scarborough) and Liam Cox (Toronto); and Durham's Nigel Buckley (Pickering) and Cody Kraemer (Whitby).

In addition to Rollocks and Vilela, OCAA Central Division All-Stars include George Brown's Shaquille Agard (Toronto) and Robert Mijackovic (Toronto); Humber's Michael Fayehun (Toronto), Jaineil Hoilett (Brampton), Federico Leal (Orleans) and Julian Mullin (Brampton); Sheridan's Chester Ashby (Mississauga) and Manuel Morgado (Mississauga); and U of T Mississauga's Zimba Galloway (Brampton).

Joining Amores as OCAA West Division All-Stars are Fanshawe's Ahmad Al Rajie (London), Alexander Jakma (Richmond Hill) and Mike Sneddon (Mount Brydges); Niagara's Oti Frigole (St. Catharines) and Quinton Leone (Niagara Falls); Redeemer's Enzo Guerra (Brampton) and Zach Kingma (Ilderton); and St. Clair's Korede Adepitan (Etobicoke) and Bastien Aguilera (Chile).

2018 OCAA MEN'S SOCCER AWARDS

OCAA Men's Soccer Player of the Year

Filipe Vilela, George Brown

CCAA All-Canadians

Jordi Amores, Niagara

Filipe Vilela, George Brown

CCAA Coach of the Year Nominee

Dave Ashfield, Durham

OCAA Men's Soccer League Scoring Champion

Filipe Vilela, George Brown

OCAA Men's Soccer Overall Rookie of the Year

Ben Vyfschaft, Fanshawe

Regular Season Champions

East - Algonquin Thunder

Central - Humber Hawks

West – Fanshawe Falcons

OCAA Men's Soccer East Division Coach of the Year

Dave Ashfield, Durham

OCAA Men's Soccer Central Division Coach of the Year

Andrew Seuradge, Sheridan

OCAA Men's Soccer West Division Coach of the Year

Gad Espinosa, Redeemer

OCAA Men's Soccer East Division Rookie of the Year

Nigel Buckley, Durham

OCAA Men's Soccer Central Division Rookie of the Year

Cyrus Rollocks, Sheridan

OCAA Men's Soccer West Division Rookie of the Year
Ben Vyfschaft, Fanshawe

OCAA Men's Soccer East Division Defensive Player of the Year

Ostap Hamarmyk, Centennial

OCAA Men's Soccer Central Division Defensive Player of the Year

Riley Ferrazzo, Humber

OCAA Men's Soccer West Division Defensive Player of the Year

Bradley Heath, Fanshawe

OCAA Men's Soccer East Division Scoring Champion

Jeremy Bangala, Durham

OCAA Men's Soccer Central Division Scoring Champion

Filipe Vilela, George Brown

OCAA Men's Soccer West Division Scoring Champion

Ben Vyfschaft, Fanshawe

OCAA Men's Soccer East Division Best Defensive Team

Algonquin Thunder

OCAA Men's Soccer Central Division Best Defensive Team

Sheridan Bruins

OCAA Men's Soccer West Division Best Defensive Team

Fanshawe Falcons

OCAA Men's Soccer East Division All-Stars
Ebrahim Al-Ariky, Algonquin
Jeremy Bangala, Durham
Lucas Blain, Algonquin
Adrian Bojaca-Tolentino, Centennial
Nigel Buckley, Durham
Liam Cox, Centennial
Colin Gibson, Algonquin
Justin Gibson, Algonquin
Ostap Hamarmyk, Centennial
Cody Kraemer, Durham
Marco Natoli, Algonquin

OCAA Men's Soccer Central Division All-Stars
Shaquille Agard, George Brown
Chester Ashby, Sheridan

Michael Fayehun, Humber

Zimba Galloway, U of T Mississauga
Jaineil Hoilett, Humber
Federico Leal, Humber
Robert Mijackovic, George Brown
Manuel Morgado, Sheridan
Julian Mullin, Humber
Cyrus Rollocks, Sheridan
Filipe Vilela, George Brown

OCAA Men's Soccer West Division All-Stars
Korede Adepitan, St. Clair
Bastien Aguilera, St. Clair
Ahmad Al Rajie, Fanshawe
Jordi Amores, Niagara
Oti Frigole, Niagara
Enzo Guerra, Redeemer
Bradley Heath, Fanshawe
Alexander Jakma, Fanshawe
Zach Kingma, Redeemer
Quinton Leone, Niagara
Mike Sneddon, Fanshawe

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